Chapter six: The boy with the red eyes.

Brend's P.O.V.

I lick the knife to lick off a little of the blood that is left on it from my most recent kill.

Tonight I felt like making more than one kill.

Not like anyone will ever know.

I lower the knife and I turn to the dead body laying in front of me. I lick my lips as I speak. "Well this has been fun but now the fun has ended." I turn putting my fist not holding my knife on my hip. "Glad you got to play." I then walk away and head on my way back to the orphanage.

It is quite late after all and I am done for tonight at least.

I look down at my clothes but look back up not long after as if that move was just the other being inside of me checking how bloody we are.

The other being inside of me, Near, doesn't want us to be caught or known as the murderer but this only gives me a reason to be able to have my fun for much longer.

I hear the sounds of clicking shoes meaning someone in high heels walking down the alley. I smirk as I find a black blanket hanging out to dry. I grab it quickly making it look like a cloak on me pulling the now made hood over my head.

It's time to have some more fun before I return back to the orphanage.

The footsteps come closer and closer and I patiently wait for the woman to reach me.

Then I can't help but smirk as the footsteps slow to a stop.

I raise my knife letting her see making her gasp in fear. I turn to her only letting her see my red eyes and I give her a look that is telling her that I would kill her if I had not had my fill. I then turn away and dash off as she screams. I move into the shadows before anyone else can see. I can barely contain my laughter.

It's fun messing with people.

Why did you do that?! We could have been caught or found out about!

I smirk widely and speak in a whisper. "Oh come now Near. Shouldn't you be glad that I have different eye color than you? I am doing you a favor. Plus once that woman reports this to the police they will make the connection to at least the most recent murders. You need to admit that what I just did had at least some fun to it."

The only factor I am happy about is that suspicion will switch off of me most likely. They will be hunting for you but the downside to that is we share a body. So in a way it will still be on me.

"Oh come now. What can you expect of me? Hm? You need to accept that I am you and that tomorrow we will have more fun as I have plans. Now shut up and let me do my thing." I tell him as I begin moving again.

You're lucky that we need to make sure we make it to the orphanage without getting caught.

I only laugh at that as I continue on my way.

Near goes silent and I just continue to walk.

I am heading back to the orphanage and I look around for anyone who might catch me even looking to the bedroom windows I can see.

No one.

I climb the fence hopping over onto the other side once at the top. I make my way towards the front door being careful and I make my way around back making sure to not get spotted. I grab my hidden lock picking stuff that I hid in a secret broken spot of the wall just big enough to hide them and I pick the lock on the back door.

Once it's unlocked I put the lock picking materials away covering the hole once again with the piece of the wall I pulled loose to hide something I need to get back in.

I listen for any sounds of anyone on the other side.

It's silent.

I open the door and peer around confirming that no one is there. I sneak inside only to turn around quietly closing the door as well as turning the lock on the doorknob. I turn away and sneak through the orphanage high alert for anyone who might see me. I try to keep to the shadows as I move as quickly as I can while remaining cautious. I duck down into hiding in darkness when I hear footsteps.

Rodger walks right on past me telling me that tonight is the night he sleeps for a bit then walks around the orphanage to check for anything that he needs to be alerted of. He does this usually once a week and after he does his rounds of the orphanage he will go back to bed.

I wait until he is out of sight before poking out of my hiding spot to make sure that he is gone and I turn heading off on my way to the bedrooms.

No one sees me and I stop as I come to stand in front of the bedroom door that leads to the room that is Near's but technically since he is a part of me it's both of our room.

I open the door and head in only to close it behind myself. I look up and standing there by the window is Mello.

He turns to me as I enter the room. "No wonder Near is tired." He says.

I put the knife on my nightstand letting him see it as it still has blood on it. I pull the cloak off over my head so I can take it off without untying it. "What are you doing here?"

Mello comes towards me. "Where did you get that?"

I glare at him. "None of your business." I hiss at him. "Now tell me what you are doing here!"

"What does it look like? Waiting for you to return." Mello responds.

I smirk. "So you've finally come to your senses and are going to join me." I move closer to him.

"No. I will stop you." Mello tells me.

I frown slightly. "Oh come now. You can wear the blanket I made into a cloak when we head out if it'll make you feel better."

"Forget it Brend." Mello growls at me.

I sigh closing my eyes with a frown. "You are an idiot for not accepting my offer." I open my eyes I hear Mello doing something.

He tosses me clean clothes that I catch. "Change out of your bloody clothes." He demands.

I toss the clothes to my bed and go over to him. "Come now Mello. I know you want to join me. Just tell me one thing and I will change right here and now."

"What do you want to know?" Mello asks me as I can tell he wants to help Near not be found out about.

I move closer and place my hands on his chest as well as staring in his eyes with my half open ones. "Tell me that you will join me. As a team we can have so much fun. Tell me that you will join me and I will change. Unless….." I smirk at him. "Unless you want to fulfill your desire for us. I can do that too if you just tell me that you will join me and I'll be yours."

He stares at me as if wondering if I am serious.

"Oh I am serious my dear Mello. Say it and think about everything you'll be getting with it. Fun and the one you desire." I tell him almost purring.

His eyes narrow and he growls. "I will not join you."

I move away from dropping my arms to my side staring at him as if demanding if he is serious about not joining me.

"You are not who I want." Mello tells me.

I frown and turn away slightly crossing my arms over my chest. "You won't get anything." I unfold my arms and I walk towards the bed only to grab the knife. "If you continue to refuse I might just have to take matters into my own hands." I say slightly trailing my finger along a part of the knife with no blood before lowering my hand. I keep the hand holding the knife up as I stare at it. "Just think about what you are missing out on."

"I told you I will not help you Brend." Mello says strongly.

I spin to face him narrowing my eyes at him before I get an idea. I make my smirk fall and I look worried. "Mello?"

Mello blinks not sure what's going on but still on his guard.

I glance around then back to him. "It's late." I say doing my best to look worried.

"I know that." Mello says. "But it doesn't matter to me." He still has his guard up.

I need to step this up. I look down to the knife then give my best scared expression only to drop it. I turn back to Mello. "I didn't hurt you did I?"

Mello's eyes stare at me as he tries to figure out if this is real or an act.

Damn it! If only I could make my eyes appear as Near's then this act would be perfect!

"Please. We need to do our best to work together." I say as I continue to act like I am Near as I pretend I just want to get rid of me.

He growls suddenly. "Forget it!"

My act falls and I narrow my eyes at him as he saw through me. "What's the difference!?" I demand. "I am Near! We share this body making me just another part of him! I thought you loved us!"

"You are not Near. You are some outsider who has decided to possess Near's body." He growls. "I will continue to look for a way to stop you."

I snarl in rage.

"Oh and Brend."

"What?" I demand glaring at him.

"Tomorrow night let Near rest." He tells me in a commanding tone.

I laugh at him. "You think I am just going to listen to you?" I stop laughing and I swoop down picking up the knife. "You refused to be my partner. You refused to join me. You don't have me." I tell him. "You threw away your chance to have me. You don't love us. My name means little raven and a raven represents death. But what good will that information do you? None! You threw away your chance! You are not with me." I begin walking towards him slightly turning the knife ready to use it as I make sure that Mello knows that it is all too late.

No one's P.O.V.

Watari comes over to L. "We have reports." He says.

L turns to Watari. "What is it?" He was working on another case he has since he has many cases.

"Three dead and a fourth saw someone." Watari reports. "It looks to be that the killer struck again tonight."

"There's more." L says reading Watari's face.

Watari nods. "The woman screamed and ran only to find one of the crime scenes. The other crime scene of a couple that were murdered was found by a cop care patrolling an area filled mostly with business where pretty much no one goes to at such a late time of night. There was a message at the scene the woman found. The message read Do…. Do you know the boy with the red eyes…. Yes Yes he's coming to get you."

L brings a thumb to rest on his bottom lip. "Did the woman saw someone with red eyes?"

Watari nods. "Yes. The figure wore a cloak but she saw a knife that looked to have blood on it and the figure only allowed her to see the red eyes."

L looks thoughtful. "It appeared that Mello and Near have something to do with the murders. Yet now we have a suspect with red eyes. The only person I know who has red eyes is locked away. So it isn't Beyond Birthday."

"Meaning that it must be someone we don't know of or someone wearing contacts." Watari connects the dots.

L nods. "Most likely. However this does make the suspicions on Mello and Near go down a little. Neither of them are the kind of person who would wear contacts. However I still am trying to figure out why they reacted when I brought up the case."

"Maybe they know whoever is doing this?" Watari says. "What if it's someone they care for outside of Whammy's house?"

"That is one possibility both of us thought at the same time. Another possibility that could be going on is that they are actually trying to help solve the case but they don't want me to know. What I do know is in secret they appear to be closer than what they show in public." L says and he bites his almost nonexistent nail on his thumb. "Something is going on with those two though." He says as he thinks in his mind that he will figure this out.

After all there is a murderer on the loose and if the two do have something to do with whoever is doing this they could prove to be useful to help solve the case.

AN:

I seem to have forgotten two songs that I slightly changed earlier on in this story.

The two songs are Confrontation and Alive. Both from Jekyll and Hyde.

Sorry about forgetting to add that and yes the story is based off of those two songs as well Murder! Murder! Also from Jekyll and Hyde.

Hope you are enjoying the story.

Reviews are awesome and flamers will be used to make muffins!

Mello.